Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Damon, Epicurus and M. Tullius Cicero
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17 ideas
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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For Epicureans gods are made of atoms, and are not eternal [Epicurus, by Cicero]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
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2645
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Why shouldn't the gods fear their own destruction? [Cicero]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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2627
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I wonder whether loss of reverence for the gods would mean the end of all virtue [Cicero]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
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2651
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God doesn't obey the laws of nature; they are subject to the law of God [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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Epicurus saw that gods must exist, because nature has imprinted them on human minds [Epicurus, by Cicero]
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It seems clear to me that we have an innate idea of the divine [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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Many primitive people know nothing of the gods [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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2647
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It is obvious from order that someone is in charge, as when we visit a gymnasium [Cicero]
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If a person cannot feel the power of God when looking at the stars, they are probably incapable of feeling [Cicero]
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If the barbarians of Britain saw a complex machine, they would be baffled, but would know it was designed [Cicero]
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2656
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Chance is no more likely to create the world than spilling lots of letters is likely to create a famous poem [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique
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If everything with regular movement and order is divine, then recurrent illnesses must be divine [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 1. Monotheism
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Either the gods are identical, or one is more beautiful than another [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism
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God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
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The gods are happy, so virtuous, so rational, so must have human shape [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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2641
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Why believe in gods if you have never seen them? [Cicero]
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Some say Epicurus only pretended to believe in the gods, so as not to offend Athenians [Epicurus, by Cicero]
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